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Or triacylglyceride, is a glyceride in which the glycerol is esterified with three fatty acids. Sometimes called triglycerides; lipids consisting of glycerol esterified to three fatty acids (chemically acyl groups). The major component of dietary and tissue fat. Also known as saponifiable fats, since on reaction with sodium hydroxide they yield glycerol and the sodium…

A chemical that produces a tremor resembling parkinsonian tremor.  

Thrombin receptor activating peptide with 6 amino acids.  

To identify genes involved in peroxisome assembly and function.  

A potent transcriptional coactivator that regulates oxidative metabolism in a variety of tissues.  

Are proteins that bind to DNA and stimulate transcription of nearby genes.  

Is an interventional radiology procedure involving percutaneous access of to the hepatic artery and passing a catheter through the abdominal artery aorta followed by radiology. It is used extensively in the palliative treatment of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).  

Increase in alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and/or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) to >5 times the upper limit of normal.  

Also called aminotransferase is an enzyme that catalyzes a type of reaction between an amino acid and an a-keto acid. Any enzyme that catalyses the reaction of transamination. A large group of enzymes that catalyze the transfer of the amino group from any one of at least 12 amino acids to a keto acid to…

Acronym for tumour necrosis factorrelated apoptosis-inducing ligand, is a cytokine that preferentially induces apoptosis in tumour cells.